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Transformation is as much a people challenge as a technology one

Finance transformation is not just a systems project. Growth-ready finance functions need the right structure, leadership depth, team behaviours and succession beneath the CFO or FD to succeed.

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From Steward to Strategist: Building a Finance Function for Sustainable Growth

Are you being asked to operate like a strategic command centre while still being resourced like a reporting department? You are not alone. Many businesses expect their finance function to perform a role it was not originally designed for.

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The best finance professionals aren’t looking

If only 11% of the workforce is actively looking, how many people have seen the advert for your business-critical senior finance role? And if only 12% of the passive talent market responds to cold outreach, how do you engage with it?

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Recruitment of a Finance Director for a growing pharma company

When you have over 25 years’ niche, senior finance recruitment experience, it’s not what you know as much as who you know. A ‘search’ becomes a tailored headhunt for the right candidate, because they are usually already known.

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Gender inequality in finance is getting worse

While other sectors are reaping the benefits of a shrinking gender career gap, and developing more innovative, productive cultures, a recent report by LSE shows it widening in the finance sector, post pandemic.

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Search for a group Finance Director

When you are looking to replace a senior leader who has been a key player in your success, for over 30 years, the stakes are high.

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Search for a Head of Finance

In a competitive candidate market, businesses sometimes need a well-networked, specialist, regionally focused talent ally to give them the inside track to the best candidates in their area.

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Financial Controller needed urgently

When, after three months, multiple recruitment consultancies had failed to find any, Seymour John secured four suitable candidates within two weeks of starting our exclusive search for a Financial Controller.

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Search for a Finance Business Partner

Future-facing, the Finance Business Partner role has taken on increasing significance in helping organisations plan for growth.

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Whether through permanent and interim recruitment or project consultancy and solution delivery, we are people experts who work with expert people to support, develop, and guide our clients’ organisations.

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